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CVE-2021-33328 json

Liferay Portal and Liferay DXP Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Edit Vocabulary Page

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-vpvm-3wfw-5f5c , EUVD-2021-20037

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Asset module's edit vocabulary page in Liferay Portal 7.0.0 through 7.3.4, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 96, 7.1 before fix pack 20, and 7.2 before fix pack 9, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) _com_liferay_journal_web_portlet_JournalPortlet_name or (2) _com_liferay_document_library_web_portlet_DLAdminPortlet_name parameter.

Patch / fix

  • maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom 7.0.10.fp96, 7.1.10.fp20, 7.2.10.fp9
  • liferay liferay_portal 7.3.5

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Exploit prediction

0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven com.liferay.portal:release.portal.bom
>=7.0.0, <=7.3.4
no fix listed
maven com.liferay.portal:release.dxp.bom
>=7.0.10.fp0, <7.0.10.fp96
>=7.1.0, <7.1.10.fp20
>=7.2.0, <7.2.10.fp9
7.0.10.fp96
7.1.10.fp20
7.2.10.fp9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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